(MENAFN - Morocco World News) Rabat – Fourteen people were killed and 1,469 others were injured, including 83 seriously, in 1,108 traffic accidents that occurred in urban areas on Jan. 29 to Feb.4, 2018, national police (DGSN) said.

These accidents were mainly ascribed to non-control of vehicles, non-respect of priority, excessive speeding and pedestrian and driver errors, the source pointed out in a statement.

A total of 41,799 traffic tickets were issued by the police during the same week.

The sum of fines paid by road traffic violators stood at around 6,251,150 dirhams, the same source said.

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